Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Douglas Turner Ward (1930- )
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Tamon Robinson (1985-2012)
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Augustus (Augustine) Tolton (1854-1897)
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Joshua Houston (1822-1902)

Explore Global African History

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Dantès Bellegarde (1877-1966)
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Maji Maji Uprising (1905-1907)
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Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru
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Sizwe Lawrence Ndlovu (1980- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Challenging Caste and Race: The Campaign for Integrated Higher Education in the Reconstruction Era
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Slavery in Oregon: The Reuben Shipley Saga
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Slavery and Freedom on a Canadian Shore: Africa’s Children in Nova Scotia, 1750-2009
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Lewis G. Clarke: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Forgotten Hero

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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